Bernhard Kirsch

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Bernhard Kirsch (born July 28, 1853 in Chemnitz , † January 2, 1931 in Vienna ) was a German civil engineer and university professor . He was rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

Bernhard Kirsch (around 1900)

Life

Bernhard Kirsch completed a degree in civil engineering at the Technical University of Dresden , where he passed the teaching examination for technical sciences in 1878. After completing his studies, he worked as an engineer at Harkort in Duisburg, then as a teacher for mechanics and iron construction at the building trade school in Dresden and as an assistant in the laboratory for material testing at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg .

From 1888 to 1905 he was employed at the Technological Trade Museum in Vienna, where he set up the research institute for building and machine materials. In 1905 he was appointed to succeed Ludwig von Tetmajer as a full professor of technical mechanics and building materials science at the Vienna University of Technology, where he remained until his retirement in 1923. In the academic year 1916/17 he was dean of the engineering school, and in the academic year 1917/18 he was elected rector of the Vienna University of Technology .

In 1907 he initiated the establishment of the Austrian Association for Material Testing, of which he was also a board member. In 1921 he was appointed councilor . Kirsch died in 1931 at the age of 77.

Publications (selection)

  • 1888: On the behavior of iron constructions when there is a risk of fire , communications from the Imperial and Royal Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 4, pp. 49–58, 162–70
  • 1890: About the methods for checking the correctness of strength testing machines , communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna, No. 6, pp. 97-102
  • 1891: Results of the testing of American drive chains (Ewart system) made of soft iron casting , communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna, pp. 41–58
  • 1893: Results of the examination of hemp ropes for their strength properties , communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 3, 1893, pp. 81–190, 287–308
  • 1898: On testing the strength machines, communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 8, pp. 224–37
  • 1898: About the accuracy of the strength machines and the results of tensile tests , Stahl- und Eisen No. 18, pp. 557-562, 663-664
  • 1901: About the testing of grinding stones , communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 11, pp. 140–152
  • 1904: Studies on the problem of buckling , communications from the Imperial and Royal Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 14, 253–258
  • 1906: A method for determining the heat permeability of building materials , communications from the kk Technological Trade Museum in Vienna No. 16, pp. 52–63
  • 1908: Using a mirror device to measure elastic changes in length , 2. Messages from the mechan.-techn. Laboratory of the kk Technischen Hochschule Wien / Austrian weekly for public construction service 14, pp. 904–906
  • 1911: Tetmajers Eisenbetonversuche, together with Rudolf Saliger , Armierter Beton No. 4 , pp. 29–34, 81–87, 120–125, 12. Communications from the mechan.-techn. Laboratory of the kk TH Vienna
  • 1912: Report on the investigations of reinforced concrete in Austria , International Association for Material Testing of Technology, 6th Congress (New York), Department 13 / 1b
  • 1913: About the limit of perfect elasticity and Hooke's law , magazine of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects 65, pp. 81–83
  • 1919: Lectures on technical mechanics of elastic bodies , Vienna / Leipzig, Deuticke, 2nd edition 1923
  • 1919 (together with August Hanisch): Trials for the assessment of high-quality cements , Leipzig / Vienna, Deuticke, reports on trials carried out by the reinforced concrete committee of the Austrian publishers of engineers and architects, issue 8
  • 1921: Experiments on the shrinkage of concrete: report , Leipzig / Vienna, Deuticke, communications from the German-Austrian State Testing Office, volume 1/2
  • 1921: About impact, relaxation and brittleness: A contribution to the technical mechanics of tough bodies , Vienna / Leipzig, F. Deuticke

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personal data
SURNAME Kirsch, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1931
Place of death Vienna